Artist:  Jethro Tull

Title:  Heavy Horses

Date:  1978

Label:  Chrysalis Records  CHR 1175

Notes:  This is another of those albums that I missed when new, but since have grow very fond of. The band is in fine fettle and is full of all the ingrediants that have made Tull last for decades on end. The vocals, instruments and arrangements all lend an air of formality even when telling a fantasy tale of old. The cover photos and gold trim against the green background give a feeling of age to the package. To quote the cover, "Bring me a wheel of oaken wood, A rein of polished leather, A Heavy Horse and a tumbling sky, Brewing heavy weather".

Line Up:

Ian Anderson: vocals, flute, acoustic and electric guitars, mandolin
Martin Barre: electric guitar
John Evan: piano and organ
Barriemore Barlow: drums and percussion
John Glascock: bass guitar
David Palmer: pipe organ, other keyboards and orchestral arrangements
 

Track Listing

Side 1

And the Mouse Police Never Sleeps
Acres Wild
No Lullaby
Moths
Journeyman

Side 2

Rover
One Brown Mouse
Heavy Horses
Weathercock